All posts in tag: UAW

Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American Studies, professor of social and cultural studies | 2/20/14 | 6 comments

Snow blanketed the Tennessee hills surrounding Chattanooga last week as workers at the sprawling Volkswagen plant began voting on whether the United Automobile Workers union (UAW) should represent them.

The stakes were high. A union victory would pave the way for a German-style Works Council elected by all employees for the first … More >

Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American Studies, professor of social and cultural studies | 12/13/12 | 5 comments

This just in: American workers have the right to work! That’s correct, existing law mandates that no worker in the United States can be compelled to join a union, although finding a job — union or non-union — remains a bit of a challenge.